Object number:
2010.54.18821
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
Hands Across America
Date made:
1986
Material/Technique:
Screen print on paper
Dimensions:
H: 23.375 in, W: 17.375 in
Credit line:
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
Poster
Content description:
Poster has a purple printed background with off white text. At the top is "Join Us / Hands Across America (TM) / May 25, 1986" followed by a stylized image of the contiguous United States with a line of people holding hands through the center. Below the image is "in New River! / Mile Marker 231 to 232 / Sunday, May 25th / be there in plenty of time so you can get in line (10:30) / Hands Across America Happens At 10:00 Sharp!" At the bottom of the poster are event details and activities.
Concepts:
hands; line
Places:
United States of America
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